Fence-post.



I. KUKOSZ.

. FENCE POST.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 1e, 1914.

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Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915..

Application filed February 18, 1914. Serial No. 819,485.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that 1, IGNAcY Kunosz, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Carnegie, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in portable fence posts.

An object of the invention is to provide a fence post which is easily and cheaply manufactured but at the same time posseses great strength and durability, and more particularly, is readily set up as well as transplanted.

A further object is to provide a substantially indestructible post for supporting line Wires and having a plurality of diverging bracing anchors separately positioned at the base and detachably secured to the post for disassembling upon removal.

With these general objects in View and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer` to corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a single post supporting the line wires and illustrating the ground anchoring means, and Fig. 2v is a transverse sectional view taken upon the horizontal plane of the securing bolt shown in Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, a post 10 is illustrated, preferably formed of metal and of rectangular cross-section but this post may be of any desired shape in crossesection and formed of either tubu-` lar or solid stock. This post 10 is provided with a head 11 while the lower end of the post 12 is suitably sharpened and sunk into the earth 13.

A plurality of fence wires 14 spaced apart as desired are secured in vertical alinement to a side of the post by means of loops or staples 15. For bracing the post against all side or lateral strains as well as torsional force which may be brought to bear upon the post by means of the fence wires and from other causes, separate side prongs 16 are employed. These prongs have their lower ends 17 sharpened and are slightly curved throughout and adapted for driv ing into the ground at a point adjacent to either face of the post, whereupon the curvature of the prong gives the same a lateral direction while the upper end or driving head portion 18 remains in contact with a face of the post. The inner flat faces of the upper ends 18 of the prongs 16 are adapted to have a slidipg contact with the flat vertical sides of the post 10 to facilitate the driving of the prongs into the ground on opposite sides of the posts. The direction assumed and taken by the driven prongs is divergent, as shown in the drawings, anda transverse perforation through each prong is brought into alinement with a transverse opening 19 through the post at a point adjacent the ground and a bolt 20 is placed through said perforations and opening while by a tightening of the nut 21 thereupon, the side prongs are rigidly secured to the post which is thereby firmly positioned upright in the earth.

F rom this detailed description, it will be evident that the setting of a large number of posts is comparatively easy work, the post members 10 being driven in the ground so as to leave the opening 19 slightly thereabove while the prongs are then placed adjacent to the faces thereof and driven down to allow the insertion of the locking bolt. The line wires are readily placed through the lsecuring members 15. 1t will be seen that when it is desired toremove the post, or to transplant the same, it is only necessary to remove the nut 21 and the bolt 20, when the post 10 may be easily pulled upwardly out of the ground and this loosens the earth and makes the extraction of the side prongs an easy matter. The entire fence may thus be changed in its position at the will of the owner and with very little expenditure of labor or time. 1t will of course be noted that any number of side prongs may be utilined with the rectangular post now illustrated while similar securing bolts would hold together the opposite ones of said prongs, and these might also, if desired, be arranged in staggered. relation and secured at different heights upon the post.

`While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it will nevertheless be seen that various forms, modifications, and arrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. v

What I claim as new is z- The combination with a fence-post sharpened at its lower end and having flat parallel surfaces on opposite sides above said lower end and formed with a transverse bolt-hole extending through the flattened portions of the post, of means for supporting said post within the ground consisting of ltwo oppositely-disposed `curved anchoring prongs sharpened at their lower ends and having flattened upper ends adapted to project above the surface of the ground, the

inner sides of said upper ends being adapted to slidably engage the opposite hat sides of the post to facilitate driving the prongs and formed with openings alining with the bolt-hole in the post after the prongs are driven to place, and a bolt extending through said registering openings to secure said prongs directly to said post.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IGNACY KUKOSZ. Witnesses:

JOHN TnsosKY, ANDY TYDVYK.

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Washington, D. C. 

